On August 29, 2024, Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University in collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University Foundation held a Mahachat Sermon Fair in Honor of His Majesty the King on the Occasion of His Majesty's 6th Cycle Birthday Anniversary on 28 July 2024. The purposes of this event were to promote and maintain Buddhism, which is the preservation of good Thai traditions and cultures to remain with the nation and the monarchy, to give the faculty’s personnel and students and the general public an opportunity to make merit and build their own virtue, to contribute to the maintenance fund of the “Mahidol Adulyadej-Phra Srinakarin” building, and to contribute to support nursing students who are good at study performance and but lack financial resources. Associate Professor Dr.Ameporn Ratinthorn, Dean of Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University, and Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University Foundation gave an opening ceremony.
General Chetta Thanajaro (former Minister of Defense), Mr. Natthakrit Wongcharoen (Deputy Secretary-General of the House of Representatives), along with Faculty Consultants; Associate Professor Dr. Kobkul Phancharoenworakul, Associate Professor Dr. Fongcum Tilokskulchai, and Associate Professor Dr. Yajai Sitthimongkol, and also Ms. Chantana Nilwarangkun (Vice President of the Faculty of Nursing Foundation), Dr. Tipnaree Amatayakul (Chair of the Mahachat Sermon Organizing Committee), Khunying Korakot Meepian (Board Member of the Faculty of Nursing Foundation), Ms. Chamaiporn Charoenkraikhamol (Head of Nursing Department, Siriraj Hospital), Ms. Puangthong Tanwongwan (President of Siriraj Nursing Alumni Association), administrators, faculty members, alumni, staff, students of the Faculty, and interested people attended the ceremony. In this event, Phra Thammachirachan, abbot of Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan Temple, Bang Khon Noi District, Bangkok and Deputy Abbot of Bangkok, Phra Khru Khosit Thammakarn, assistant abbot of Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan Temple, as the monastic advisor in the sermon presentation of the Mahachat Vessantara Jataka 13 episodes at Siriraj 100th Anniversary Hall, Siriraj Hospital.
